Electromagnetic traffic strips guide green lights at intersections
The city uses red light boxes with underground electromagnetic wires to sense waiting vehicles. Intersections with these strips can keep one direction green longer to ease main traffic flow. Drivers late at night may need to trigger the strip by backing up if no one is behind them.
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Fans should back nonunion NFL players and pay scales
Bob Reid argues against player strikes and free agency as too risky for the game. He cites salaries, pension, and career length while defending owners and urging fans to support nonunion players this weekend.
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Bork antitrust views spark debate on price fixing impact
Washington lawmakers clash over vertical price fixing as Sen. Metzenbaum probes Bork’s stance and a potential bill to bar such practice. The dispute centers on whether manufacturers should set retail prices and how such rules affect consumers, with GOP allies and the Justice Department backing looser controls. A separate EPA move to new offices amid asbestos concerns adds to the day’s regulatory tensions.
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Frederic Chronicle Highlights October 3 1937 items
Yesterday Items from Files of the News Post recounts the Frederick Cooperative Concert Association opening HQ at the Y M C A with coverage of a dinner at the Francis Scott Key Hotel and pledges by 17 team captains to raise funds for the Children's Aid Society. Also notes a Francis Scott Key district Boy Scout rally with top honors.
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A. Hart Etchison
Baker Park
Maryland State School For the Deaf
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Lutheran Church
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Aunt Helen tangled with an unexpected FBI phone removal in Fenton
In a single day Aunt Helen Wohlschlaeger of Audit Helen’s All Breed Grooming faced a chaotic scene as a supposed FBI team, a Kansas City private detective agency and Fenton police converged over a car phone she had not returned. Southwestern Bell later admitted the mix up and apologized for dropping the ball.
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Helen
Fenton, Mo
Audit
Helen Wohlschlaeger
Honey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southwestern Bell
Fenton
Fenton Police
Bureau of Investigation
Kansas City
Dennis Whiteside
Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems
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The Receptionist Rant By Andy Rooney
Andy Rooney vents about receptionists in offices, joking that they seem unfriendly and controlling. He voices his irritation at the way greeting and seating are handled, preferring a straightforward, honest receptionist. He even imagines an armed guard as a contrast to the usual desk staff.
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